Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39569 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prynnesprynne's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 148 times in 38 works
Consistency: 95.4% (148 of 155)
Reach if approved: ~163 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 155 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (148 changes in 38 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 148)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… an House, be absent, sith the Commons are the Representatives of the people; see PrynnesPrynne's Soveraign Power of Parliament, Part 1. Pag. 43. Edit. 2.
With rule
… an House, be absent, sith the Commons are the Representatives of the people; see PrynnesPrynne's Soveraign Power of Parliament, Part 1. Pag. 43. Edit. 2.
Thomas Paget · Account for Subscribing · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. This is taken for granted, as being many ways sufficiently cleered, see Master PrynnesPrynne's Soverain Power of Parliaments. II. The people of Israel, yea, the chief of the …
With rule
… c. This is taken for granted, as being many ways sufficiently cleered, see Master PrynnesPrynne's Soverain Power of Parliaments. II. The people of Israel, yea, the chief of the …
Thomas Paget · Concerning Unequal Marriage · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
That which principallie elevated, yea inflamed Mr. PrynnesPrynne's zeal, both now and heretofore, with all his might to oppose all late publick …
With rule
That which principallie elevated, yea inflamed Mr. PrynnesPrynne's zeal, both now and heretofore, with all his might to oppose all late publick …
William Prynne · Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… under hand order for detaining them till they were extended, and sold for Master PrynnesPrynne's fine in Star-Chamber; such saith and truth is there in Prelates words and …
With rule
… under hand order for detaining them till they were extended, and sold for Master PrynnesPrynne's fine in Star-Chamber; such saith and truth is there in Prelates words and …
William Prynne · Discover of the Prelates Tyranny · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowne; their Arguments are knowne, but your Solutions are not yet knowne. If Mr. PrynnesPrynne's Booke againſt the ſuſpenſion of ſcandalous perſons from the Sacrament be the worke for …
With rule
… knowne; their Arguments are knowne, but your Solutions are not yet knowne. If Mr. PrynnesPrynne's Booke againſt the ſuſpenſion of ſcandalous perſons from the Sacrament be the worke for …
George Gillespie · Nihil Respondes · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, That in page 22. hee promiſeth hereafter at ſome other time to anatomize Will PrynnesPrynne's lyes and fooleries, and deſtructive practiſes to the Common-wealth in ſupporting Sir Phillip …
With rule
… is, That in page 22. hee promiſeth hereafter at ſome other time to anatomize Will PrynnesPrynne's lyes and fooleries, and deſtructive practiſes to the Common-wealth in ſupporting Sir Phillip …
William Prynne · The Liar Confounded · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with his Anſwer: wherein is related. That the two Members appointed to know Mr. PrynnesPrynne's Anſwer, whether the ſcandalous Pamphlet to which his Name was ſet was his? and …
With rule
… with his Anſwer: wherein is related. That the two Members appointed to know Mr. PrynnesPrynne's Anſwer, whether the ſcandalous Pamphlet to which his Name was ſet was his? and …
William Prynne · Vindication of William Prynne · Open in the reader
Printed
… hands & feete nayled to the Croſſe: And lying ſtill a while, …e tooke Mr. PrynnesPrynne's ſufferings much to heart, and aſked the people how he did, for (ſaid he …
With rule
… hands & feete nayled to the Croſſe: And lying ſtill a while, …e tooke Mr. PrynnesPrynne's ſufferings much to heart, and aſked the people how he did, for (ſaid he …
John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries A91190

Printed
A FVLL REPLY To certaine briefe Obſervations and Anti-Queries ON Maſter PRYNNESPRYNNE'S twelve Queſtions about Church-Government: Wherein the Frivolouſneſſe, Falſeneſſe, and groſſe Miſtakes of this …
With rule
A FVLL REPLY To certaine briefe Obſervations and Anti-Queries ON Maſter PRYNNESPRYNNE'S twelve Queſtions about Church-Government: Wherein the Frivolouſneſſe, Falſeneſſe, and groſſe Miſtakes of this …
William Prynne · Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries · Open in the reader